at seventeen
一峰至爱Janis Ian
i learned the truth at seventeen
that love was meant for beauty queens
and high school girls with clear skinned smiles
who married young and then retired
the valentines i never knew
the friday night charades of youth
at seventeen i learned the truth
and those of us with ravaged faces
lacking in the social graces
inventing lovers on the phone
who called to say come dance with me"
and murmured vague obscenities
it isn't all it seems at seventeen
a brown-eyed girl in hand me downs
whose name i never could pronounce
said"pity please the ones who serve,
they only get what they deserve"
and the rich relationed home town queen
marries into what she needs
with a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly
remember those who win the game
lose the love they sought to gain
in debentures of quality and dubious integrity
the small town eyes would gape at you in dull surprise
when payment due exceeds accounts received at seventeen
to those of us who knew the pain
of valentines that never came
and those whose names were never called
when choosing sides for basketball
it was long ago and far away
the world was younger than today
and dreams were all they gave for free
to ugly duckling girls like me
we all played the game and when we dared
to cheat ourselves at solitaire
inventing lovers on the phone
repenting other lives unknown
they call and say "come dance with me"
and murmur vague obscenities
at ugly girls like me--at seventeen
🎵 LRC歌词版本
[00:01.544]at seventeen
[00:03.602]一峰至爱Janis Ian
[00:07.496]i learned the truth at seventeen
[00:11.507]that love was meant for beauty queens
[00:14.446]and high school girls with clear skinned smiles
[00:20.461]who married young and then retired
[00:23.491]the valentines i never knew
[00:31.149]the friday night charades of youth
[00:39.571]at seventeen i learned the truth
[00:47.37]and those of us with ravaged faces
[00:50.781]lacking in the social graces
[00:58.707]inventing lovers on the phone
[01:02.552]who called to say come dance with me"
[01:07.197]and murmured vague obscenities
[01:11.128]it isn't all it seems at seventeen
[01:17.987]a brown-eyed girl in hand me downs
[01:22.419]whose name i never could pronounce
[01:25.736]said"pity please the ones who serve,
[01:30.499]they only get what they deserve"
[01:36.941]and the rich relationed home town queen
[01:41.496]marries into what she needs
[01:44.707]with a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly
[01:56.526]remember those who win the game
[02:00.397]lose the love they sought to gain
[02:03.981]in debentures of quality and dubious integrity
[02:11.720]the small town eyes would gape at you in dull surprise
[02:18.24]when payment due exceeds accounts received at seventeen
[03:19.514]to those of us who knew the pain
[03:23.535]of valentines that never came
[03:27.994]and those whose names were never called
[03:31.685]when choosing sides for basketball
[03:38.544]it was long ago and far away
[03:42.682]the world was younger than today
[03:47.365]and dreams were all they gave for free
[03:51.02]to ugly duckling girls like me
[03:57.498]we all played the game and when we dared
[04:01.903]to cheat ourselves at solitaire
[04:05.631]inventing lovers on the phone
[04:09.376]repenting other lives unknown
[04:12.933]they call and say "come dance with me"
[04:17.66]and murmur vague obscenities
[04:21.872]at ugly girls like me--at seventeen
at seventeen
一峰至爱Janis Ian
i learned the truth at seventeen
that love was meant for beauty queens
and high school girls with clear skinned smiles
who married young and then retired
the valentines i never knew
the friday night charades of youth
at seventeen i learned the truth
and those of us with ravaged faces
lacking in the social graces
inventing lovers on the phone
who called to say come dance with me"
and murmured vague obscenities
it isn't all it seems at seventeen
a brown-eyed girl in hand me downs
whose name i never could pronounce
said"pity please the ones who serve,
they only get what they deserve"
and the rich relationed home town queen
marries into what she needs
with a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly
remember those who win the game
lose the love they sought to gain
in debentures of quality and dubious integrity
the small town eyes would gape at you in dull surprise
when payment due exceeds accounts received at seventeen
to those of us who knew the pain
of valentines that never came
and those whose names were never called
when choosing sides for basketball
it was long ago and far away
the world was younger than today
and dreams were all they gave for free
to ugly duckling girls like me
we all played the game and when we dared
to cheat ourselves at solitaire
inventing lovers on the phone
repenting other lives unknown
they call and say "come dance with me"
and murmur vague obscenities
at ugly girls like me--at seventeen
🎵 LRC歌词版本
[00:01.544]at seventeen
[00:03.602]一峰至爱Janis Ian
[00:07.496]i learned the truth at seventeen
[00:11.507]that love was meant for beauty queens
[00:14.446]and high school girls with clear skinned smiles
[00:20.461]who married young and then retired
[00:23.491]the valentines i never knew
[00:31.149]the friday night charades of youth
[00:39.571]at seventeen i learned the truth
[00:47.37]and those of us with ravaged faces
[00:50.781]lacking in the social graces
[00:58.707]inventing lovers on the phone
[01:02.552]who called to say come dance with me"
[01:07.197]and murmured vague obscenities
[01:11.128]it isn't all it seems at seventeen
[01:17.987]a brown-eyed girl in hand me downs
[01:22.419]whose name i never could pronounce
[01:25.736]said"pity please the ones who serve,
[01:30.499]they only get what they deserve"
[01:36.941]and the rich relationed home town queen
[01:41.496]marries into what she needs
[01:44.707]with a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly
[01:56.526]remember those who win the game
[02:00.397]lose the love they sought to gain
[02:03.981]in debentures of quality and dubious integrity
[02:11.720]the small town eyes would gape at you in dull surprise
[02:18.24]when payment due exceeds accounts received at seventeen
[03:19.514]to those of us who knew the pain
[03:23.535]of valentines that never came
[03:27.994]and those whose names were never called
[03:31.685]when choosing sides for basketball
[03:38.544]it was long ago and far away
[03:42.682]the world was younger than today
[03:47.365]and dreams were all they gave for free
[03:51.02]to ugly duckling girls like me
[03:57.498]we all played the game and when we dared
[04:01.903]to cheat ourselves at solitaire
[04:05.631]inventing lovers on the phone
[04:09.376]repenting other lives unknown
[04:12.933]they call and say "come dance with me"
[04:17.66]and murmur vague obscenities
[04:21.872]at ugly girls like me--at seventeen
Leaving on a boat
for beyond the other side of the ocean
Bet you in the morning
you wont even know Im gone
Tired of living here
in the middle of a mix...
Slow dance
romance
put your arm around me
you make me feel so old
Take me to the drive-in movie
wont't you move me now
before I get too cold
won't you...
Look at me I would like to dance
But I haven't the clothes for romance
So I'll stay with the boys in the band
I would like to be cool
Like the ladies ...
I love the light, I love the changing season
I love without much thought to reason
I'd give it all if I could make you see
I love the man that you wer...
I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
Who married young and then reti...
Built this house out of cedar wood,
And I laid the beams by hand.
One for every false heart I had known,
One for the true heart I planned.
Laid the wi...
I'm leaving by night,
I'm leaving alone
I'm leaving it lie when you waken
I'll be gone
I would not beg for me as
I would not beg for you
Though I'd li...
Blue sky morning, red sky night
Sailor take warning
when the eagle takes flight
If I had wings I would delight
and fly away
Black cloud riding
on the ...